Originally Posted by
Sulland
A sad day for Rally.
Rally is the maverick of motorsport, and has always been.
It was the motorsport where you could buy a car from a tuner, or make it yourself. Then you could drive a world championship round or two if you wanted. The best could measure up to the "factory" cars. Fight with the best, have the fun of walking in the same depot, driving a MK2 Escort or later a Gr A car.
Then the money and factorys came in, and FIA now in the end took the possibility and a possible dream away from almost all rallydrivers.